Immigration vs. Migration

Immigrationnoun

The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.

Immigrationnoun

The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.

Immigrationnoun

migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)

Immigrationnoun

the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval;

Immigration

Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and other short-term stays in a destination country do not fall under the definition of immigration or migration; seasonal labour immigration is sometimes included, however.

Migrationnoun

An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.

Migrationnoun

Seasonal moving for animals, as birds or fishes, to breed or find a new home.

Migrationnoun

Movement in general.

Migrationnoun

(computing) Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.

Migrationnoun

(biochemistry) The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.

Migrationnoun

The act of migrating.

Migrationnoun

the movement of persons from one country or locality to another

Migrationnoun

a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period)

Migrationnoun

(chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule

Migrationnoun

the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding

Migrationnoun

seasonal movement of animals from one region to another

Migrationnoun

movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions

Migrationnoun

movement from one part of something to another